Tails

... this is an idea that seems to get glossed over some of the time. It seems the natural tendency of molecules with hydrophilic heads / hydrophobic tails is to form micelles, because this is the simplest structure that maximizes hydrophobic/philic interaction. In phospholipids, however, the hydrophobic ...

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well.. I though about that. What I've found (but haven't tried yet) that when you introduce distilled water the N.F. amoeba transform and grow tails (Flagellate) so that they can swim away.

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... to a genetically developed resistance to the disease, were more sexually successful. Males which developed big, clear "eyes" on their tails took advantage of this by "fooling" the more fit females into accepting them. Eventually the population as a whole became resistant ...

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... can be in linkage disequilibrium. How does this occur (the genes are not physically linked). For example, I've read that genes for long-tails and genes for preference for long-tails are in linkage disequilibrium. Can you please explain this. Thank you.

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Cows don't have long spiny tails, fins, and cartilage like that. At least not the cows I know of ;)

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